Upcoming Canadian Nexus S Hints at AT&T Variant
The Nexus S will be coming to Canada on Bell, Telus, and Rogers. While that is good news for our Canadian friends, it also hints at something rather interesting. To operate on any of those networks the Nexus S would need support for 850/1900 MHz radio waves. The current version of the Nexus S doesn’t. That Nexus S goes by the model number i19020. In the US on T-Mobile it goes by the model number i9020T.
If we turn back to a Bluetooth SIG filing, we find that the phone is referenced by the model number i9020A. A certain AT&T uses 850/1900MHz bands. Are you following the bread crumbs. It seems this Canadian variant very well could be headed for AT&T in the States as well. At the very least the Nexus S will be available in a flavor that could be purchased unlocked at full price and used on the American airwaves of AT&T.
[via Engadget]